Chronic Stress and Suicidal Thinking Among Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The subject of chronic stress and ways of dealing with it are very broad. The aim of this study was to analyze stress and anxiety and their influence on suicidal thinking among medical students.

Materials and methods

The study was conducted in the years 2014 to 2015 in Poland, at the Medical University-Nicolaus Copernicus University, Collegium Medicum. The objective of this study was to assess chronic stress and suicidal thinking among students and how students cope with this huge problem. Descriptive statistics and chi-square analyses were conducted to detect differences.

Results

Analyses showed that students' life is full of stressors. Students toward the end of their education cope better with stress than students starting their university studies. Chr

SUBMITTER: Rosiek A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4772232 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature